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film directed by Mohan Segal. It stars

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and Asha Parekh in pivotal roles. It became a hit at the box office. The film was

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's debut in Hindi movies. The first half of the movie was inspired by the 1951 movie '' Happy Go Lovely'' which has also inspired movies like '' Ghajini'' and ''

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''. The second half was largely inspired by the 1937 play ''

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Cast

as Ashok Saxena / Vinod * Asha Parekh as Rajni *

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as Driver Baalam *

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as Seth Dharamdas a.k.a. Sheru *

as SI Tiwari (Introducing) * Raj Mehra as Inspector Khan * Sulochana Latkar as Laajwanti * Gajanan Jagirdar as Guruji a.k.a. Roopa *

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as Tarakilal *

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as Bela * Sapru as Jwala Prasad Saxena * Murad as Judge * Shammi as Aunty *

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as Lawyer

Plot

Ashok (

) comes from a business family and lives a very wealthy lifestyle. One day, while perusing newspapers he comes across an article which claims that he is to marry a dancer named Rajni ( Asha Parekh). Angered at this insinuation, he goes to confront Rajni, all ready to threaten with a lawsuit, but is instead bewitched by her beauty and innocence and ends up falling in love with her. Initially, he does not reveal his real identity, but does inform her eventually, and both are ready to take the next step, of marriage. Before that could happen, both get embroiled in the murder of Dharamdas (

) who has been blackmailing Rajni's mother ( Sulochana) for a past secret about her husband. A murder that ends up having three different killers - Ashok, Rajni and Ashok's driver Balam (

). But all are confessing to the same murder with different versions to investigating officers Inspector Khan ( Raj Mehra) and SI Inspector Tiwari (

), who are totally perplexed knowing that each of them are trying to save the others. Finally during a court scene for the murder trial, the actual murderer ????? confesses the crime and all three are acquitted.

Soundtrack

* "Ae Mere Meharban" -

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* "Bansuri Tihari Nandlal" -

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* "Resham Ki Dori" -

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, Lata Mangeshkar * "Saajan Saajan Pukaroon" (female) - Lata Mangeshkar * "Saajan Saajan Pukaroon" - Mohammed Rafi * "Baton Karo Raton Mein" - Lata Mangeshkar

References

External links

* 1960s Hindi-language films 1969 films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal {{1960s-Hindi-film-stub